Proposed amendment to Election Administration Act

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Proposed amendment to Election Administration Act

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Election Administration Act

Section 1: Electoral Administration

1. Elections for Keeper of the Deshret will be administered by the Pharaoh of the Osiris Fraternal Order. Elections for Pharaoh will be administered by the Keeper.

2. In the event that an electoral administrator is standing for office in an election they are designated to administer or the office of the electoral administrator is vacant, administration of that election will pass to the most senior member of the Deshret who is not standing for that office and is available to serve as electoral administrator.

3. In the event of a tie, the electoral administrator will vote to break the tie and otherwise will not vote in an election they are administering.

Section 2: Election Procedure

1. The election period for any elected office will begin with a three day period for submission of candidacy, followed by a two day period for additional campaigning, followed by a three day period for voting. Candidates may campaign throughout an election period.

2. An election period will begin eight days before the expiration of an elected official's term or as soon as practical after an elected office is vacated. Should an election period for any reason be delayed, the incumbent official will continue to hold office until conclusion of the election period.

3. In any election, members of the Deshret may vote for one eligible candidate who has submitted candidacy or may vote abstain/present. Votes of abstain/present will count only toward participation in the vote for the purpose of retaining membership in the Deshret.

Section 3: Definitions

1. For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions will apply:

(a) Electoral administrator: The individual empowered to administer an election, through adoption of such procedures and methods as they see fit provided such procedures and methods do not contradict this Act or other laws of the Osiris Fraternal Order.

(b) Most senior member of the Deshret: The member of the Deshret who has maintained membership in the Deshret for the longest continuous period of time.

(c) Elected official: An official designated by the State Code of Osiris as an elected official.

(d) Elected office: An office held by an elected official, as defined by this Act.
Will be amended as follows

Section 4: Executive Appointments

Executive nominations to the Hedjet should be processed with all due haste by the Deshret. However this may not always be possible,
To that end it is resolved that those who are nominated by the executive may undertake their duties as scribes of the hedjet immediately while
awaiting their confirmation from the Deshret.




I really don't like the language there but it conveys the idea. It's drawn off the recess appointment idea discussed in the state code amendment thread

opinions? Language help? thrown vegetables?

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Proposed amendment to Election Administration Act

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I feel that this amendment, Section 4 is unnecessary. It was in my experience that cabinet officials who are awaiting confirmation do generally start working regardless, it's just done via non-government mediums. I am also unsure of why its included, it's not an election. As noted in the text it's a confirmation vote, or a confidence vote, hardly an election.
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Proposed amendment to Election Administration Act

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yes, however this law seems to be the standard that has been applied to confirmation votes as well as elections.

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"From far, from eve and morning and yon twelve-winded sky, the stuff of life to knit blew hither: here am I. ...Now--for a breath I tarry nor yet disperse apart--take my hand quick and tell me, what have you in your heart." --Roger Zelazny
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